Just got this link from Apple, how to use standard software to create great photo based products for Christmas gifts. Shows what can be done, some help in the "how-to" field.
All with that lovely Apple look and feel.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
What the f?
The name Scott Kelby is massive in Photoshop and photography circles so my ears pricked up when his name was mentioned last week on an Apple Mac podcast. Scott was on a photographers panel at a conference in NewYork speculating about the future of cameras and photography. Senior industry figures predicted the usual in digital photography - more pixels, greater sensitivity, better lenses. Kelby's take is very different and two points he made stick in my mind.
First, why can't we do away with the f-stop? As you know this is the mechanism by which the amount of light going into the camera body is adjusted. Get it right and the image pops, too much or too little light and the picture is ruined. Serious snappers shoot in camera RAW, a file format that tolerates greater exposure latitude but still you need to be there or thereabouts to get the best result.
Just imagine if the captured image could be adjusted, to display with just the right amount of light for your purpose. A quick image scan by some clever software would give you a near optimal image which you could then fine tune. We already have a type of camera that allows you to focus after making the image, surely the same could be applied to exposure data to get a brilliant image,
Second, why can't we do away with screw in accessories? When I heard this point I thought immediately pictured items such as coloured filters. My mind when back to my own early days in black & white photography and buying yellow, green and orange glass filters which could be used to improve elements of an image such as clouds or skin tones. They were pretty expensive too and a reasonable set would be a chunk to carry around in your camera bag. Today I can quickly convert from colour to B&W in my image editing program (I normally use Aperture) then apply any filter effect at that point - all in the comfort of home.
But what else falls into the screw in category for digital imaging? How about the tripod? Another expensive purchase from my early days albeit one which immediately improved my images by the simple expedient of holding the camera rock solid. However I noticed a new Pentax DSLR which employs clever technology to stabilise images. I think Scott's right, this will creep into a wider range of DSLRs, pocket cameras and even mobile phones.
First, why can't we do away with the f-stop? As you know this is the mechanism by which the amount of light going into the camera body is adjusted. Get it right and the image pops, too much or too little light and the picture is ruined. Serious snappers shoot in camera RAW, a file format that tolerates greater exposure latitude but still you need to be there or thereabouts to get the best result.
Just imagine if the captured image could be adjusted, to display with just the right amount of light for your purpose. A quick image scan by some clever software would give you a near optimal image which you could then fine tune. We already have a type of camera that allows you to focus after making the image, surely the same could be applied to exposure data to get a brilliant image,
Second, why can't we do away with screw in accessories? When I heard this point I thought immediately pictured items such as coloured filters. My mind when back to my own early days in black & white photography and buying yellow, green and orange glass filters which could be used to improve elements of an image such as clouds or skin tones. They were pretty expensive too and a reasonable set would be a chunk to carry around in your camera bag. Today I can quickly convert from colour to B&W in my image editing program (I normally use Aperture) then apply any filter effect at that point - all in the comfort of home.
But what else falls into the screw in category for digital imaging? How about the tripod? Another expensive purchase from my early days albeit one which immediately improved my images by the simple expedient of holding the camera rock solid. However I noticed a new Pentax DSLR which employs clever technology to stabilise images. I think Scott's right, this will creep into a wider range of DSLRs, pocket cameras and even mobile phones.
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